FounderOwed Prototype

Designed as a focused product concept and entered in the 2026 Kevin O'Leary × Emergent Builder Fest.FounderOwed explores a focused problem for early-stage founders: keeping track of business expenses paid personally and remembering what the company still owes them.

The Idea

Founder expenses can add up quickly. Software subscriptions, filing fees, equipment, contractors and other business costs usually come directly out of a founder's pocket.

FounderOwed explores a simpler way to keep track of those personal contributions in one place.

FounderOwed prototype is not meant to replace professional accounting software nor replace your Shareholder Loan and Capital spreadsheets, it is meant to run as a personal business-expense tracker during the transition from sole proprietor to corporation. You might have set aside a certain amount to start your new company and you are paying those expenses out of pocket. FounderOwed can track those expenses to give you an idea of what your company owes you. It is designed with data minimization in mind, so you simply enter in the amounts and not upload receipts or invoices.

The Concept

A clearer record of what you've put in.

Track contributions

Record personal funds you've contributed to the business.

Organize expenses

Keep founder-funded business expenses together in one place.

Understand what's owed

Maintain a clearer picture of what the business may owe its founder.

Emergent Builder Fest

Built as a concept.

FounderOwed was created as a concept for Emergent Builder Fest, exploring how a focused digital product could make founder contribution tracking simpler.